Awards and honours

2025 

  • Mingyue Zhang has been awarded the SSHRC Insight Grant (2025-2029) to support her research on the social issues in financially distressed firms. 
  • Mingyue Zhang has been awarded the SSHRC Insight Development Grant (2025-2027) to support her research on the interaction of disclosure and valuation of intangible assets. 
  • Tony Wirjanto, Johnny Li, Ben Feng, Adam Kolkiewicz, David Landriault, Bin Li, David Saunders, Ken Seng Tan, Ruodu Wang, Chengguo Weng, Fan Yang, Laura Middleton, and Jason Thistlethwaite received funding support from the Society of Actuaries’ Center of Actuarial Excellence for their project, “Maintaining Financial Stability in an Era of Changing Climate and Demographics” (2018–2025).

2024

  • Daniel Kim has been awarded the SSHRC Insight Development Grant (2024-2026) to support his research on the intersection of finance, sustainability, and public policy.
  • Tony Wirjanto was awarded a highly competitive research grant by Society of Actuaries Research Institute on a project with a title: The Impact of Climate Change Risk on Retirement. His team members consist of experts in the field from RBC.
  • Kaishu Wu's paper titled "A Tale of Two Taxes: Does Corporate Income Tax Avoidance Undermine the Role of Environmental Taxation in Promoting Environmental Sustainability?" has received funding support from the CSPM. 

  • We are pleased to share that a CSPM advisory board member and ESG Global's CEO, Sarah Keyeshas been recognized by the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD) for International Women's Day! As a successful female leader in the Canadian governance landscape, Sarah shares some thoughts on the importance of equity, diversity, and inclusion. Read her thoughts.
  • Together|Ensemble 2024 Conference. Waterloo, Canada, May 2024. Leah Feor was the co-master of the ceremony. 

2023

2022

  • Jillian Adams, a research assistant with the CSPM, was the recipient of the 2022 Warren Ober Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student within the Faculty of Arts. Congratulations Jillian!
  • "Many of you know that I became a CPA with a goal to make a positive impact on the Canadian accounting profession by highlighting its role in ESG and Sustainability. As I approach 10 years as a CPA, I am beyond thrilled to announce that I have received the 2022 FCPA designation from CPA Ontario. - Sarah Keyes, FCPA, FCA (Source)

  • The Implementation Committee for the Canadian Sustainability Standards Board (CSSB) is now operational, with 13 newly appointed members working to develop the initial institutional structure for the CSSB. One of those newly appointed members was Sarah Keyes, an advisory board member with the CSPM. Congratulations Sarah on being appointed to the Implementation Committee of the CSSB! Media Release – Canadian Sustainability Standards Board Implementation Committee Members Appointed

  • Mingyue Zhang received the 2021 Rotman School of Management Teaching Award
  • Mingyue Zhang was awarded "PwC Fellow"